vBulletin allows people to connect with your site and register using their Facebook credentials. This is called Facebook Connect. To set the options for this you would go to
Settings > Options > Facebook Options- Enable Facebook Platform
Enabling this option will allow users to connect their vBulletin account with their Facebook account. This will also populate your site with Open Graph meta data. Note: users must have Javascript enabled for this feature to work.
- Facebook Application ID
Enter the Application ID for your Application (see the Facebook Developer page for more information).
- Facebook Secret
Enter the Facebook Secret for your Application (see the Facebook Developer page for more information).
- Facebook Usergroup
If you want, you may specify a secondary usergroup for Facebook users. Note: All users who connect with facebook from this point on will be members of this usergroup. This will not be applied retroactively to users who have previously connected to facebook.
- Enable Auto-Register
Enabling this option will allow user to skip the registration form, and register through a simplified two-click process. Note: Using this feature will disable Forum Rules Agreement, Coppa registration, email verification, as well as any custom required fields from the registration form.
- Image URL
Specify a URL for an image that you want to represent your site. This image will appear next to published content in a user's newsfeed, as well as be used to represent your site in the Open Graph schema. Leave this blank if you do not want to have an image.
- Publish to Facebook - New Thread
Enabling this feature will allow users to publish a notification to their Facebook wall when they start a new thread.
- Publish to Facebook - Post Reply
Enabling this feature will allow users to publish a notification to their Facebook wall when they reply to a thread.
- Publish to Facebook - Blog Entry
Enabling this feature will allow users to publish a notification to their Facebook wall when they post a new blog entry.
- Publish to Facebook - Blog Comment
Enabling this feature will allow users to publish a notification to their Facebook wall when they comment on a blog post.
- Publish to Facebook - New Article
Enabling this feature will allow users to publish a notification to their Facebook wall when they publish a CMS article.
- Publish to Facebook - Article Comment
Enabling this feature will allow users to publish a notification to their Facebook wall when they comment on a CMS article.
- Like Button - Threads
Enabling this option will make a "Like" button appear on all threads. Users will then be able to "Like" individual threads. Note: users do not have to have Facebook linked accounts to use this feature.
- Like Button - Blog Entries
Enabling this option will make a "Like" button appear on all blog entries. Users will then be able to "Like" individual blog posts. Note: users do not have to have Facebook linked accounts to use this feature.
- Like Button - CMS Articles
Enabling this option will make a "Like" button appear on all CMS Articles. Users will then be able to "Like" individual CMS Articles. Note: users do not have to have Facebook linked accounts to use this feature.